Do You Resent Your Ex?

Do You Resent Your Ex?

It’s normal to harbor resentments, bitterness and grudges towards our ex for hurting us, our kids, not being the partner we expected them to be, not keeping their commitments, and so forth.  At the same time, this type of anger has a way of eating away at us and...
(blog) Can you forgive yourself for the divorce?

(blog) Can you forgive yourself for the divorce?

Last week you were introduced to Fanny, a middle-aged woman who, after years of being married to a narcissistic husband, who was more interested in competition than love and intimacy, got divorced and began to heal from the years of abuse and neglect. For full blog on...
(blog) Forgiving your ex is for YOU

(blog) Forgiving your ex is for YOU

Last week we talked about your readiness to forgive your ex and the benefits of why you’d want to do it. One of those benefits was that forgiveness is for you, not them. Let’s drill down on this benefit a bit more. To illustrate how it’s true, meet Fanny. Fanny, from...
(blog) Are you ready to forgive your ex?

(blog) Are you ready to forgive your ex?

Are you ready to forgive your ex (and it’s OK if you’re not)? Rate the truth of the following statements on a scale of 0 to 10,10 being the highest. Do you feel that your ex or soon-to-be-ex is mostly to blame for the divorce? If you forgive them, do you fear...
Why should you retreat with us?

Why should you retreat with us?

Regret. Longing. Such heavy feelings. I’m down to the last two journal entries of my late daughter, Maddie’s, personal journal (light blue journal shown in picture). When she left this world on 10/26/18 (at age 22), everything changed. With the death of someone we...